The Virtuous Concubine

"Your Majesty is right. I will go right away." Malu's voice did not sound resentful at all, which made Kangxi feel relieved. Kangxi smiled as he watched her figure gradually disappear behind the screen. He felt that she was really a flower that could speak, kind, intelligent, and considerate of him. She was a little bit temperamental occasionally, but it was because she loved me too much. It was also a kind of pleasure for me to tolerate her occasionally.

After taking a bath, Malu changed into a cotton nightgown, looking like a lotus flower emerging from the water. She walked back to Kangxi quietly, with the fresh scent of her bath and a hint of shyness. Kangxi looked at her still slender limbs and suddenly frowned: "Your belly is really too big, it's scary. Does the imperial physician have any explanation?"

Malu touched her belly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. The doctor said everything is normal. He just told me to cut my diet in half according to the pregnancy and do more exercise." Kangxi knew that the doctors in the palace only prescribed Taifang prescriptions to save her life, and repeatedly emphasized the need to reduce her diet, fearing that something might happen. But Malu was pregnant, so cutting her diet in half was obviously wrong!

He didn't even bother to sleep, and called out to his advisor, "Go get the imperial physician."

This imperial physician was the doctor who specialized in treating Kangxi. Malu was able to get Kangxi to make an exception and let the imperial physician treat her, which could be said to be the highest honor. Bai Fu was standing outside, and when she heard this, she followed in without caring about the rules, and looked at Malu nervously, worried that something might happen to her.

Malu nodded slightly when she saw Bai Fu. Bai Fu calmed down, and she quickly brought Malu a cup of strong tea, and said softly: "Master, have a cup of tea, it will calm you down." Malu actually didn't drink tea during pregnancy, but she still took the cup of tea and drank it, and sure enough, there was a faint taste of ephedra in the tea.

She drank the tea and then passed the cup to Bai Fu. Bai Fu took the cup and stayed by her side, not leaving her side at all, as if she was not sure whether her queen was okay or not.

Soon, Eunuch Gu and the imperial physician arrived. The imperial physician thought that something was wrong with the emperor, and walked hurriedly with a serious face. When Kangxi saw them, he stood up and made room for the imperial physician next to Ma Lu: "Be sure to check carefully to make sure that Depin and the fetus are safe."

The imperial physician was relieved to find out that the emperor was not ill, and hurriedly took Malu's pulse. After a moment, the imperial physician frowned slightly, and his expression was solemn. Seeing this, Kangxi's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked: "How is it, imperial physician, is there anything wrong with Depin and the fetus?"

The imperial physician said straightforwardly, "Your Majesty, Concubine De is pregnant with twins, which is a great joy, but..." He paused and continued, "But Concubine De's recent care seems to be a little insufficient, and the fetus looks a little unstable, so special attention needs to be paid. I wonder which imperial physician treated Concubine De before? Can you give me some time to look over the pulse records and prescriptions in the past?"

Before Kangxi and Malu could react, Bai Fu dropped the cup in shock, and then knelt directly on the ground covered with debris, with blood soon oozing from her knees.

She cried out in a sad voice, "Madam, it was I who harmed you." Kangxi was shocked, and Malu's face turned pale. Kangxi angrily shouted, "Bitch! Tell the truth! What happened?"

Kangxi knew something was wrong. Even if the imperial doctors in the palace were not good at gynecology and pediatrics, it was impossible for them to fail to diagnose twins when the pregnancy was almost seven months. There must be a big problem here!

Although Malu was so frightened that his limbs went limp, he still quickly had someone pull Bai Fu up. But Bai Fu refused to get up, so they had to quietly move her to a place without debris to kneel. Bai Fu then spoke: "There is something wrong with that Imperial Doctor Lin! Your Majesty!! There is something wrong with that Imperial Doctor Lin, Your Majesty!!"

Kangxi threw another teacup at him and said, "Speak clearly one by one, don't be ambiguous."

Bai Fu kowtowed fiercely: "Your Majesty, you know that the queen asked two imperial doctors to look after Yonghe Palace at the beginning of her pregnancy because she was worried about the Fourth Prince. I didn't listen to the imperial doctor Rong who came later because I disliked his lack of experience. It was mainly the imperial doctor Lin who looked after the queen and did things according to his instructions. When the queen was four months pregnant, the imperial doctor Lin began to repeatedly suggest that the queen reduce her diet by half and exercise more. Now it seems that he has a ruthless heart!!! Your Majesty, please investigate it strictly!!!"

As she spoke, Bai Fu burst into tears: "I almost killed your Majesty and the twin princes—Dr. Rong once told your Majesty that it might be twins—"

Bai Fu kowtowed as she cried. There was blood on her forehead, which mixed with the tea on her body and the blood on her knees. She looked so pitiful. Ma Lu felt so distressed watching her that he ignored etiquette and rushed over to pull her up: "Bai Fu, this is not your fault. I didn't trust Doctor Rong at the beginning. I thought Doctor Lin had already taken care of the Fourth Prince's pregnancy and there would be no problem..."

The master and servant hugged each other and cried.

After hearing this, how could Kangxi not understand anything? Without waiting for him to speak, the advisor quietly told the emperor: "I have already asked Dr. Lin to come from outside the palace on the grounds that Concubine De is having trouble with her fetus, and said that Concubine De is only willing to let him see her. I believe that everything will be clear in a while."

When Malu heard this, he fainted with relief.

Kangxi was also very distressed. This woman was also stupid! She was pregnant with two babies, and she had been starving for almost half a year without telling anyone! He quickly asked the imperial physician to go over and take another look. Fortunately, the imperial physician said that she was just too emotional, and the fetus was developing normally, so there was no major impact, so he gave up.

Kangxi didn't quite believe it: "Is it really nothing serious? The child is fine too?" He believed in the character and medical skills of this imperial physician, so he looked at Malu with suspicion.

Bai Xia, who was standing next to her, knelt down again with a plop. "Actually... I didn't completely listen to Doctor Lin." Her voice became smaller and smaller, and her head lowered, looking a little uneasy. As she spoke, she began to tell him how she felt sorry for the Empress going hungry, and how she always secretly prepared special meals for the Empress without the knowledge of Bai Fu and the Doctor, and lied about the amount of exercise she had.

Bai Fu was dumbfounded beside him: "What? Didn't you say you were greedy?"

Bai Xia blushed: "That's right, I ate it too."

Bai Fu still didn't believe it: "How is it possible? Your shoes are also worn out! If you don't exercise enough, how can your shoes be worn out like this?"

Bai Xia's voice became even quieter: "The Queen knew that you would see these things, so she always let me walk in her shoes... If you don't believe me, look at your right foot. Is the little toe protruding a little bit..."

Kangxi and his advisors wanted to laugh at these two funny guys. So someone went to great lengths to bribe the imperial physician to kill Depin and three others, but in the end, a maid guarded the wrong imperial physician, and another maid secretly helped Malu, and accidentally broke the game?

Kangxi felt helpless but relieved about these two loyal and clever girls: "You two really make me angry and amused. However, this time it can be regarded as a blessing in disguise, helping me and your master a lot." Fortunately, Malu was not there at this time, otherwise Kangxi felt that she would be embarrassed to death here.

After thinking for a while, Kangxi asked people to restore the mess on the ground, and then Bai Fu went down to treat the wound first, and the imperial physician hid behind the screen, and asked Bai Xia to deal with Lin Taiyi later. He pretended to be fine and sat in the main hall of Yonghe Palace reading a book.